| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short |
Synonyms: |
bob, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, decrease, dock, lower, mow, pare, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, trim, truncate |
Antonyms: |
lengthen |
| Main Entry: | clip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punch |
Synonyms: |
blow, box, clout, cuff, knock, punch, smack, sock, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | abbreviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
Synonyms: |
abridge, abstract, boil down, clip, compress, condense, contract, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut out, digest, encapsulate, get to the meat, pare, prune, put in a nutshell, reduce, summarize, take out, trim |
Antonyms: |
amplify, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncate |
Antonyms: |
add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
Antonyms: |
aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
Synonyms: |
break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crack off, crumble, cut away, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hackle, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snick, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle |
| Main Entry: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
Synonyms: |
axe, cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack |
| Main Entry: | clasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab tightly |
Synonyms: |
attack, bear hug, buckle, clamp, clinch, clip, clutch, coll, concatenate, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, glom onto, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, pin, press, seize, snatch, squeeze, take |
Antonyms: |
let go, loose |
| Main Entry: | clout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit |
Synonyms: |
blow, box, clip, clobber, cuff, rap, slap, smack, sock, strike, thump, wallop, whack |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit very hard |
Synonyms: |
bash, buffet, clip, clout, cuff, slap, thump, thunder, wallop, whack |